National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1887-06-29

came to me. never had any quarrel with
any one; never accused any one OF crime
did have a little trouble with Mr. Hunter
about his dog; to keep his dog from biting
me killed IL, and It caused confusion in
the land for awhile. never charged auy-
body with stealing anything. had bat
little trouble with Mr.. Maloney. I'm tell
ing the truth about this, gentlemen. |
wouldn't lie. Pm going along the bast |
know how TO the land we're all trying TO
get to, and l wouldn't tell lie. It
wouldn't pay me TO lie about Mr.. Todd or
any one else.n He thought there was
disposition to treat the prosecution uu-
fairly, but bis somewhat uncompllmeutary
remarks we're cut short by the moderator.
Redirect, by DIR. Childs ~ think know
the man | saw on the laprobe. There
lpoiniiug, In somewhat sheepish way, at
Mr.. Todd)
IS THc. Likeness OF THE MAN.
was at work on Nc. Curry's lot on tAe
Monday, but did not see him when he
passed there. On that Tuesday there was
shower after | went home. Toe
trees would prot, ct the horse tracks,
The witness fixed tho date when he, In
company with DIR. Reading and Douglas
Brent, went aud measured the print Of tho
shoe.
"Mr. Round asked me to make an am
davit telling just how the thing was. Mr.
Round asked me, III man was to offer
you $40 wouldn't you drop It p He said
he understood that | had been offered $40
to betray Mr.. Todd. Mr.. Slack told me
that Mr.. Todd got the sorrel horse from
him. MIR. Slack asked me II they Todd
and the woman) were laying on anything,
and said yes, a tablecloth; he said, NO,
that's his laprobe; he carries one.' No one
has ever offered me cent, one way or the
other, In this affair.
MIR. HoRSBAKER NEVER GAVE NE CENT
since he was born"
Rev. G. d. Ramsdel asked the wltnesc
several questions which tested his ability TO
distinguish one color from another.
BY Dr. Chester: ~ have known Mr.. Todd
for about ten years. 1 had not seen Mr.
Todd for quite while previous to this oc-
currence. ] suppose have seen him some
three or four times in the past year"
BY Mr.. Dudley: ~ did not know that Mr..
Todd had any other than his gray horse. /
think saw the same horse aud man on Sun.
day."
By DR.. Hamlin: III looked Mr.. Todd 10
the face on the 23d. Ills face was toward
me and he looked at me. The sorrel horse
was good sized horse, hut there was NJ
distinguishing mark except on the hind
quarter, where his coat had commenced tO
she'd. never spoke to Nc. Todd before 10
my life.'
n nutnDcr OF questions were asked by
various clergymen, and answered.
Special testimony was read to the wit
ness, and he acknowledged aud sigued It.
JOHN LAWSON CARGO
was sworn. He lives about three miles
from Nokesville. "I have lived there three
and half years; I was born and raised near
there. have heard Mr.. Todd preach;
have not heard him lately On the morn
ing OF the 24th at 11:30 there was heavy
cloud In the sky; 1t looked like rain.
went TO Bob Turner to get some sweet
potato plants. He told me he had caught
Mr.. Todd and an unknown woman
in the woods together near the line.
i said such things ought not to be toll
Grated, and proposed that we go and find
them. There had been light rain. The
distance from his house was from one-half
to three. quarters Of q mile. We saw moth
ing Of the parties or the horse. The horse
tracks were very plain. About ten yards
from where the horse was tied were evil
dences Of persons having been there; the
grass was mashed down, and there were
numerous toe tracks. Some leaves were
pulled off the bushes, as though some one
bad sat there talking and picked the leaves.
THE ToEMARKs WERE VERY PLAIN,
very noticeable. saw nothing of any
person; no other tracks OF human feet.
The horse tracks were such as would be
made by medium sized horse. / went
back to Turner's house, got the plants, and
went home. have had no conversation
with any one on the subject"
Cross-examined by DR.. Sunderland:
sit was about ~ o'clock when we got to
the ground. had been at Turner's house
about ten minutes before he told me the
story.
THE WOMAN TRAVELLED ABOUT FIFTEEN
YARDS
on her hands and feet. The horse was
tied to little sapllng about ten feet high
about four inches in circumference. Don't
know whether 1t was hickory or oak. saw
the horse tracks. The ground was con-
siderably disturbed. The grass was quite
thick. The soil was not clay soil; 1t is a
reddish soil, light Tbegrass was about four
inches high, green 10 color. The place was
pretty clear of twigs, There were no
branches on the tree for seven feet from
the ground. About thirty feet away was
the place where the lap robe had bsen
spread. The space was about five feet
square. There was no indentaton In the soil.
spent about fifteen minutes In examining
the spot. We undertook to back-trlck the
was hard; we followed the track abou,
seventy five or one hundred yards. Turner
told me he caught the parties somewhere
between the hours of 0 aud IL. The 'lap'
of the fallen tree was not more than three
yerds from the place where the parties had
lain. The sun shone at times that day. |
was asked to make an affidavit by Mr..
MIR. Enoch Bodine. He came to see me
about It; think 1t was on the 2Tth. He
came between 10 and IL o'clock, aud
went with hun to Bristow station and made
my sflidavit."
BY Mr.. Lyman:
"Tbere was no heavy rain that afternoon.
The toe tracks spoken Of were as though a
man had either stood on the forward half
OF his feet or was lying down on his face
pressing backward with his toes"
There being no other witnesses for the
prosecution present the minutes of the ses-
sion were read, and after some few amend
ments had been made were approved.
On motion Of DR.. Hamlln, the Presbytery
adjourned to meet IN the New York Ave
nue. Presbyterian Church on tomorrow
(Thursday) morning at 1915 a. IN.
The court adjourned at $50 p. m.
1t is very probable that the succeeding
sessions of the court will be held next week
| at Manassas, or else commission will take
evidence there and report to the Pres
bytery.
Popular River Resort.
Mr.. Robt. Callahan has been elected a